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Danske scandal grows as New York presses Nordea, SEB

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Bloomberg New York’s financial regulator is asking two Nordic banks for detailed information about their transactions with Danske Bank A/S as part of a burgeoning investigation into global money laundering, according to a person familiar with the matter. The two banks, Nordea Bank Abp of Finland and SEB AB of Sweden, must also give New York’s Department of Financial Services ...

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Wow Air shuts down on lack of financing, stranding 2700 flyers

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Bloomberg Wow Air Hf has gone out of business, stranding thousands of passengers and creating potentially huge risks for Iceland’s tiny economy and its growing reliance on tourism. The discount carrier is the eighth European airline to have failed since the summer as margins are pinched by fluctuating fuel costs and over-capacity that’s sparked a continent-wide fare war. Wow’s demise ...

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Jet Air missed paying $109m HSBC loan

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Bloomberg Troubled Jet Airways India Ltd missed a $109 million loan repayment due to HSBC Bank this week, people with knowledge of the matter said. The money was due on March 28, and was part of a two-tranche facility totalling $140 million that the company took from HSBC in 2014, according to the people, who asked not to be identified ...

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